”Tannic and with marked acidity, tannat is not your warm and cuddly variety. With some deep winemaking love, Adam Richardson has turned the grape around into an attractive, fragrant and spice-laden wine that remains solid in all the right areas, as it should. Lifted perfume in red and black fruits, anise, bay leaf, fennel with some smoked charcuterie complexity. Love the dark cherry freshness on the palate laced with pepper and framed in spices. Firm, sturdy tannins bring it home. A long life beckons.”